Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Damn, Sonny, you may be from the heart of Dixie, but your heart is in the right place! Thanks...:-) B. D. P.S. Wanna buy an M6? (It's a JOKE!) But I must say that Erwin's advertising aside, at some point the temptation of the flash at any shutter speed - so real daylight fill - may prove too hard to resist. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of SonC (Sonny Carter) Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:45 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUSQUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7... Johan, I guess this is not the forum for you, then. That was mild! . ... and it did not appear to be an attack, more an opinion. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johan Ericson" <photo@communitymma.se> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7... > Who is You DR. BLACKTAPE??? > I'm new on the list and I find this sort of "attack" > disturbing and revealing a lack of common sense. If > this is the way "Leica users" are discussing matters, > this is not the forum for me! > > Johan Ericson > ----------------------------- > Private E-Mail: > johan.ericson@communitymma.se > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]För B. D. Colen > Skickat: den 24 februari 2002 19:04 > Till: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Ämne: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS > QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7... > > > ...AND OF ALL OTHER THINGS LEICA. > > Erwin Putts gets an M7 ONE YEAR ahead of release - when Leica is denying > that there will ever BE an M7. He gets extensive tours of the factory prior > to release, so that he can describe in worshipful prose the ancient sewing > machines, manned by the skilled Portuguese seamstress sewing the shutter > curtain. > > Are we really expected to continue to believe that Erwin and his reports are > what any neutral observer would call "independent" of Leica and truly > objective? We would suggest that we should judge his reports just as we > judge Leica's advertising materials, press releases, and the endorsements > from photographers to whom it gives free cameras. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html